
Monthly Archives: December 2014

A Happy Tail
by Ogee
Among the greys and browns of our December garden are little pockets of color, life… and many happy tails. The roses are having their last hurrah, with a cold snap now upon us. A yellow rose symbolizes friendship. Something we have in abundance here. People from all walks of life bonded by a common goal of saving lives and seeing dogs on their journeys home. Pink roses represent gratitude and appreciation. I don’t know if it shines brighter in the […]
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Dog Photography, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Inspiring, Rescue Dogs

Wordless Wednesday: Merry
by Ogee
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Uncategorized • Tags: Merry Christmas

Holiday Cheer
by Ogee
Saturday morning, there were two adoptions on the weekly board. By evening there were seven. This is all the cheer I need to make my holiday bright. “What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” ~ Dr. Seuss But, try as we might to empty the kennels before Christmas Eve, there are always new recruits. Darbee snagged the coveted office dog spot, which makes her Judy’s (current) favorite. This adorable little […]
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Dogs, Dr. Seuss Quote, Garden Photography, Geese, Heron, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Nature Phoography

Wordless Wednesday: Petrified
by Ogee
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Dragonfly, Nature Photography

Good News In Buckets
by Ogee
Remember when I was whining about the injustice of the flooded rice fields adjacent to our water-starved garden? Well look at us now! The area beyond the levy is the rice field. The area in front shows the overflown banks of our pond at Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue. Good News #1: It rained. Buckets and buckets. For hours on end. It rained so long and so hard I thought we might float away. Good News #2: We did not […]
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: California Drought, Dog foster, dog rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Rain California

The Seeds of Today and Yesterday
by Ogee
“Memory is the power to gather roses in winter.” ~ Author Unknown Gardens don’t have memories. They die back in winter and come forth in spring to show the results of our hard work – or the havoc the birds and nature have sown. But surely, they have souls. Each year the garden is reincarnated; reborn. Taking on a remarkably similar, but changed version of its former self. It’s journey – a combination of planning and happenstance. A blogger I […]
Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: A garden's memory, Dog, dog rescue, gardening, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Nature Photography

Wordless Wednesday: California Quenched
by Ogee
Categories: Nature • Tags: California Drought, Nature, Photography, Rain